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BERLIN—The international race to take over France’s engineering company Alstom SA entered its final stretch this week, with Siemens AG and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. responding to General Electric Co.’s (GE) sweetened bid by raising their own combined offer.

Alstom is due to decide by early next week what offer to accept, after the French government had solicited improved bids for the company, which builds turbines for power stations and pioneered the high-speed TGV trains, later exported around the world.

The government is concerned over a loss of jobs and sensitive energy technology from France.

Siemens of Germany and Mitsubishi of Japan said in a statement they were raising their joint cash offer by US$1.63 billion to US$11.13 billion, which increases their overall valuation of Alstom’s energy business by US$543 million to US$19.83 billion.

Siemens hopes to acquire Alstom’s gas business entirely, while Mitsubishi would take a 10 per cent stake in Alstom under their proposal.

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